Saving the Ocean, part 4

In this, the final instalment in Saving the Ocean, we look to the future, asking what science can do to preserve marine life and help it develop in harmony with our own development in the years to come.

At the world's largest marine laboratory, techniques from human fertilisation treatments are being applied to help conserve coral. We speak to the scientists trying to unlock coral genetics in an attempt to help them survive rising sea temperatures. Are we heading towards a future where we can re-plant dead/dying reefs with new coral, grown from scratch?

And we'll learn how it took an American PhD student to translate knowledge of the seas from Australia’s Aboriginal communities into modern marine science; and in doing so, inspire the next generation of marine scientists.